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What MKO Abiola told me about June 12 – Son, Lekan

June 8, 2013 by Gbenro Adeoye

Lekan Abiola

What do you think about the annulment of the outcome of the 1993 presidential election which your father was believed to have won?

Of course, I was very disappointed and I felt a sense of betrayal because IBB was someone we knew very well. This was somebody who assured the nation that he was leaving, how can he do that? If all along, he knew that he had no intention to leave, why did he allow my dad to go all the way, do all the campaigns and spend all that he spent? He could have told my father. But as a family, we have forgiven him; we have taken it as act of God.

Have you had an opportunity to speak with IBB since then and what transpired?

Yes, I met him (IBB) about three years ago and we discussed. But he could not explain much but that he himself regretted what happened and that the whole situation was out of his hands. He said that his hands were tied and that there were many things that he could not discuss. He said we should let bygones be bygones and to bury the hatchet.

Wednesday will make it 20 years since the historic June 12 presidential election was held. Where were you when you heard about your father’s death?

I was in the United States when I heard the news. We were preparing to watch a World Cup game between Brazil and Holland. I had expected my father to have been released. I was expecting a call. I went to pray and when I came back, I saw all my friends who had gathered together to watch the game but they were all looking gloomy. Instead of the television to be tuned to a football channel, I noticed that it was tuned to CNN. I put all of these together and asked ‘is my father dead’? They replied that they were just finding that out. It was really shocking because we were expecting that he would be released. Instead, what we got was the news that he was dead. And remember that my mum had died two years before, so losing both parents on the same issue hurt very much. It was painful for all of us but more painful for some of us who are Kudirat’s children, in particular, because his death meant that we had lost both our parents. So, where do you start from? It was a disaster; the worst case scenario.

Why do you consider yourself luckier than your siblings?

The last time I saw my father alive, he was in detention and there were about 10 of us – all siblings – waiting to see him. It was at the police commissioner’s office in Abuja. This was like four years before his death. We were there waiting and we had waited for like two hours. I remember thinking to myself that when daddy comes out, I would like to be the one that he would see first. Like five minutes after I thought of it, they all left, some to get drinks because we were all thirsty. Almost immediately they all left, they brought my dad out and I had my wish because I was the only one there. It was after like 10 or 15 minutes before others came back. I had an extra 10 minutes with him and you can’t buy that with N1 million. That was the last time all the 10 of us that went saw him. Before they came, my father and I chatted and joked one on one. He had a beard and I said ‘daddy, this beard fits you’. It was totally black and he had always been clean shaven; that’s why I said I was fortunate to have that extra moment with him.

The last time you saw your father, when you had about 10 extra minutes with him, what did he tell you?

He (MKO) told me to be strong and to make sure I pray a lot. He said he would never back down and that we should not be discouraged. He said he was sure that he would win back his mandate and that I should be very prayerful, hold on to God and to tell my younger ones to do the same.

How would you describe your relationship with your late father?

We had a good and wonderful relationship. He was a good father and I wasn’t a terrible son. I was lucky and fortunate to get more from him than a lot of my siblings. I looked up to him because he was a problem solver; I respected him a lot. If you had a problem, just call dad to say these are the problems. He was always there for us. I wish I can be half as good to my children as he was to me. He was a good husband to my mother and a good dad to me because you need to be both to be considered a good dad. You can’t be a good dad and be a bad husband.

How would you like him to be remembered?

Nigeria needs someone that actually cares. We didn’t need a school to be named after him or any specific thing. He did what he did to bring about change in the country, and that is the only thing that would truly make him happy. He gave his life for this country, but I have to say that the public reaction that followed the attempt to rename UNILAG (University of Lagos) after him was bad. Even if people had issues with it, there are ways to go about it; they can go to court, write letters and things like that. But the way some people went about it, blocking the road, and going on Twitter, and social media and insulting the man is just sad. Maybe Nigerians are not worth all the sacrifice because they are ungrateful. This was someone who gave up everything, including his life. I would like to commend President Goodluck Jonathan for being the first president to try to do something to remember our father. We appreciate what he tried to do; I wish to say that he should not be discouraged by the reaction from the public. Our father and mother gave their lives for this country. My mum took a bullet; what is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

How has it been for the family?

The elections cost a lost of money – billions. The struggle against Ibrahim Babangida to get back his mandate, after that, the interim government of Shonekan and then Sani Abacha cost him a lot. Government did not pay the debts owed to him for projects he had done; all the contracts he had were cancelled. They locked him up; no compensation for the family. My mother got shot in the head; her businesses too were shut down. But we thank God that he died for something honourable and just. For like 14 years, government has not done anything, they have not really apologised, and they have not done anything to compensate us. So I’m not going to hold my breath that government will still compensate the family for everything they did to us. After all, all that we have in the end is our deeds.

You lost your mother two years before you lost your dad. How did you and your dad take the loss?

I was in the US at the time; someone called to say that somebody in our family had been shot. It was the last thing any of us expected. When I was told, I remember repeating ‘daddy’, but they said it wasn’t daddy but mummy. I couldn’t imagine that it would be mummy because she was free; it was daddy who was in detention.

I came back home to see dad and to try to get back my mum’s containers that were held but we were not allowed to see him. We wanted to know what we should do but they did not allow us to see him in detention.

We met with Oladipo Diya, who was the second-in-command then. He asked us to talk to Hamza al-Mustapha, but al-Mustapha would say we should call back the next day. He just said, ‘Call back tomorrow’. Then one day, he banged the phone. So we didn’t get to see him (MKO Abiola) to know his reaction to it. It must have been very painful for him, to hear that the woman that had seven children for you was shot just like that. It was injustice on top of injustice, but I know that Allah will judge.

My younger brother, Jamiu, had told me to get our mother out. He said the government would kill her but I said that the worst they would do was to lock her up, that who would want to kill a woman? That’s to show how wicked some people can be. You shot someone in the head and did not allow the children to see their father.

When she died, it was the last thing I could ever imagine, that these people could descend so low. My mother knew Mariam Abacha; my sister and her kids were in school together. My dad also knew Abacha. Last year, I met Mariam Abacha in Mecca and some of the kids. I told her that I don’t have any animosity against her family. I told her that I expect God to forgive my father and her husband too. I know that when Abacha died, my father wrote Mariam a condolence letter. So if my dad buried the hatchet, why not me? As Muslims, we are brothers and sisters.

How do you remember him today?

I’m glad that he was a good Muslim; both my late parents actually. At the end of the day, we have nothing except our faith and our good deeds – no money, no shoes, no cars, we have nothing.

When Abiola was alive, there used to be so many visitors coming and going, but the premises are very quiet now. Why is that?

He was always helping people a lot; if you have a place where the owner helps people, there will be crowds. People were always coming to come and collect something. Now, my father is no longer alive and his businesses have been crumbled. The family is no longer in a good shape to be able to continue doing that kind of thing anymore. Obviously, you will not see people coming like they used to, but some of his children are still here. Two of his wives are still living here and the mosque is still open. So maybe not as many people as before, but we still have people coming in.

Abiola had many wives and many more children. How was growing up for you?

He only had four wives as a Muslim. The ones outside were concubines and they were not inside the house. So it was just us – the four wives and their children – and we had a good relationship with one other. Out of the children belonging to the four wives, I had a good relationship with about 15 of them. The other four that I was not so close with, it was not because of animosity or anything like that. It was just because they were older than me and I didn’t get to see them often. The wives also got along fine but sometimes you know women, they sometimes don’t get along. But generally, the relationship was okay.

After Abiola’s death, many people wonder why his businesses have gone down. Why is this so?

There is no guarantee that your business will survive over time. Today, the exchange rate is so high. During Abacha’s time, it was N80 to a dollar, but now, it’s about N160. It’s very difficult to do business in Nigeria. There have been efforts to improve the rail system but the Central Bank of Nigeria should do something about the interest rate which is above 20 per cent. As it is, products made here will find it difficult to compete against those of other countries. If countries like US and the UK where their interest rate is like two or three per cent, their economies are still shaky, so what can we say about Nigeria where the interest rate is over 20 per cent? We’ve seen improvement in electricity generation but we still need more improvement in electricity. No compensation for the family: you called an election, campaigns were held, money went into these campaigns because materials like posters were made, etc. He now won the election, you now annulled the election and followed that up by locking him up. You closed down his businesses, you killed his wife and before that, you crippled her businesses too. No compensation till now.

MKO ABIOLA….You will be remembered for life in my heart, even at ur death

paul

slave boy keep your evil wishes to yourself

Ibifuro

Paul the foolish boy. What has Toronto said now that warrants that comment?
Mko sent my parents to Ireland and we are from Rivers State!!!! My parents went round all the Port Harcourt big men, and they shot their gates on our faces. My family would forever be grateful to this great man.

Brooklyn Allstar

May God grant MKO forgiveness for all his sins and give him eternal peace. That man was no saint but his sacrifice must never be forgotten. I still remember the alutas I went on at the university of lagos. Well, God knows best.

Akeula Taiwo

Ameen! May you equally be rewarded and all your sins and mine be forgiven.

Donsterling Vincent

I learnt that MKO once sank a ship-load of Bibles because he probably thinks he is a god.No one has ever fought with God and wins.
Is a pity how he was killed and his family destroyed…AM PLEASED ABACHA DIED ALSO and IBB will still be rewarded soon in our own eyes.The evil men do actually live with them.

wasiu

may what befell the family be your portion then you will know what it mean to lost the two parent in such situation besides how authentic is you write up that Abiola sank a ship conveying bible fear God in the use of your word

paul

MKO invited it to himself because of greedy and self-centre thinking as if Nigeria belong to him.

ITT money killed him

Akeula Taiwo

But what killed your forefather? You slandered such an monumental icon whose contribution to the democracy we are enjoying today MAY never be matched will the totality of the contributions that you and your generation unborn may put together.

Eboh

Akeula Taiwo! What are you! Must you react to everything? Grow up man!

Akeula Taiwo

Then, why did you also not ignore me? Why also reacting to everything? Or my comment not part of everything? But, I need to respond to one who peddles lies and rumours to sell to every unsuspecting reader. This is to only disprove his allegations against the dead

jman

better for u to die cause u are worthless

Akeula Taiwo

Where is your evidence as regards the stoppage of the ship-load of bible? With even the several hundreds of the bible in circulation, what have you profited from them other than misguidance, hatred, insensitivity and ignorance. Do you even read the bible? You now came here feeding us fallacy upon faslehood. It is a pity that we still have people like you in our midst.

Bjel

This fib about Abiola sank a ship load of bibles has been going on and only a fool will believe that. How can a single man sink a ship with what ammunition, when, what date, which media reported it. This is diversity of lies that those who supported Abacha and Nzeribe concocted so that Christians did not support the cause of June 12 after the annulment, but that did not hold water to all the people residing in Southern western Nigeria then because all Christians and Muslims of discerning heart supported Abiola. For Abiola’ sainthood, only God knows who is a saint or not, we leave that to HIM because yourself can also be worst than even devil. That is human! for he sacrificed everything for what he believed in, that credit needs to go to him because only a few can watch his investment going down and still held on to what he believed. May Almighty Allah forgive him his sins and accept him in Fridous.

olubunmi

Ore mi Akeula, can you see the reason now why this guy hate Abiola? I told you he is a small boy. He HEARD, Abiola sank a ship load containing Bible and he believed what he heard without verifying if it is the truth. And because he heard that and he is a Christian, he believed although it might not be true, he then concluded that Abiola must be a bad person. Can you see his folly now? I think we need to help him if he will take this help. Donsterling. Pls open your mind and dig more of the man called Abiola and come back to tell us. Although age is just a number, I think you are too small to discuss this issue especially with the shallow knowledge you have about Abiola.

Akeula Taiwo

He is still a small boy up till now for his childish comment. He must be one of those spoilt brats of our big men in Nigeria. Can’t you see hard face in the picture. Omo ale ti o fi owo osi njuwe ile baba e.

Bimbo

Why are you so intolerant, toxic and full of bad language? Even of this ” don sterling” character is talking trash what is the need for “omo ale” in this discussion? Na wa for you o!

Akeula Taiwo

It was just a proverb. Or, don’t you know what Yoruba proverb is all about? So, I did not directly called him ‘omo ale’ but only likened his hateful remark about a dead icon, who sacrificed his precious life for me and you to enjoy democracy of today, to that of ‘omo ale ti nfi owo osi juwe ile baba re’. Sorry, Bimbo.

Point blank

Donsterling! You are proving your stupidity in public. Please reason and talk sense.

http://www.facebook.com/adeyinka.ayorinde Adeyinka Ayorinde

YOU ARE JUST A FOOL, A STUPID AFRICAN , WHAT IMPORTANCE IS THE BIBLE TO AFRICANS , THAT IS WHY YOUR PASTORS WHO LEAD FOOLS AND GULLIBLE IDIOTS LIKE YOU FLY PRIVATE JETS AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GO HUNGRY OR EVEN EAT THEIR CRUMBS, TRULY NIGERIANS LIKE YOU ARE NOT WORTH DIEING FOR , IMAGINE AN ABIOLA DIEING FOR THIS FOOL THAT WOULD DO ALL HE CAN TO BE COLONIZED OR WOULD PREFER TO GET A VISA AND GLADLY GIVE TESTIMONY IN ONE STUPID/CRAZY CHURCH FOR VOLUNTARILY OFFERING HIMSELF AS SLAVE!!

Segun Tunmbi

May his soul rest in peace.I really feel sorrry for those left behind by this great son of Africa.I met MKO once at Ikeja. For being my late father school mate the at BBHS.He put a smile on our face that day we met him and encourage us to sttive for greatness.May allah grant him heaven.My family shall be very grateful to him even in death.We all have a strong belief, that his is right in domain of Allah.Sun re oo

Akeula Taiwo

Ameen. May Allah grant him Paradise and forgive our sins as well.

Lanre

Thank you Lekan for the Interview. Do not worry about the compensation. It is coming. And yes, you are right. Nigeria is not worth dying for. Definitely MKO deserves more than UNILAG. And he will get it. Some of us sweated on June 12, 1993, now we are grown men. O ju lo pesi. Suru lere. And please, Lekan, if you have forgiven Abacha and Babangida, good luck to you. A regime is going to come that will ensure that the vagabonds that destroyed Nigeria including Babangida and Abacha and all their acolytes, pay for their actions.

Paulo

Amen. Amin. Isee o.
Nigerians are betrayals. All politicians are evil. I will advise Lekan to ask Arthur Nzeribe why he went to court to claim that the election was fraud and unfair because IBB government only enforced supreme court judgement brought by Arthur Nzeribe, what evidence did he have? Supreme court of that time annulled the election and claimed it was rigged and unfair. That was the beginning of that june 12 problem. Using Abus money to entertain Abu. who can you trust in Nigeria not even your own blood siblings once money and power is involved. since 1958 till date we have only have traitors to our economy and thieves as leaders. May God help us all. Nobody also have right to judge anybody not even yourself, judgement is for God/Allah only. MKO lived his desired life and nobody should question his personal life.

Tony

The case did not get to supreme court. It was judge Bassey Ikpeme of High court, Abuja who delivered the judgement outside normal court hours.

paulo

ok. its been long time and i was about 19 years then, thank you tho……………..correction taken and i will do my research.

Otega

If people like the David Marks, Babangida, Obj etc could have their way to rub of this mans name from history, they would have, since. Can you imagine the torture they are going through after 20years! This guy was an Enigma!!! A reoccurring decimal in the history of Nigeria. Look at Solomon in the bible and all he did. But how did our God love him so? Think. MKO came for a purpose and he has done his bit. What about you people?

agbobu

DID YOU KNOW THAT MKO GOT OVER ONE BILLION USA DOLLARS JOBS FROM BABANGIDA FOR THE PERIOD IBB WAS IN POWER? MKO GOT PAID NEARLY ALL THE MONEY BUT ABACHA BLUNTLY REFUSED TO PAY THE LAST INVOICE, BECAUSE ABACHA WAS NOT SATISFIED AND YOU KNOW THE UGLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IBB AND ABACHA AT THAT TIME. DO YOU KNOW THAT MKO AND IBB WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS AT THAT TIME AND BOTH MEN SING THE SAME TUNE AT ALL TIMES EVEN IN GORVERNANCE. GO CHECK THE RECORDS. I KNOW BOTH IBB AND ABACHA, ABACHA IS RELIABLE FRIEND AND PERSON AND IBB IS VERY UNRELIABLE FRIEND AND PERSON. IBB USES AND DUMPS ABACHA IS WITH YOU IN THICK AND THIN

Zubby

What are you on about? Some people rant rubbish. We are talking about june 12, and the hero MKO. All other matters, we are not interested. Whether its pepper soup jist or not

Gideon17Up

MKO may have gotten 1 billion dollars contact, but they took all of them back. In effect MKO lost everything, including his life.

GB

U are talking sir!

candosky

Igbos lost 2 million people during the war and they’re not talking about compensation? Since after the war, Igbos have continued to lose their lives for Nigeria. They are killed almost everywhere in Nigeria. Now, where should compensation begin? MKO Abiola should be given a National Monument, not financial settlement but these innocent unremembered victims of Nigerian genocide (Igbos) should be properly compensated. No nation leaves behind a pile of 2 million dead Igbos to compensate someone who lost a Nigerian political gamble. He should have known that Babangida was an idiot.

Otito

You guys don’t need compensation, you already have the legend of your dad’s name. Contest elections (I don’t know why you’re all MIA), strive in business, the Abiola name still sells (at least in the South West). Exploit it. All the best and Godspeed!

Donsterling

I think you only know about June 12…apart from that election,MKO was a wicked man who helped in frustrating the affairs of this nation.Go and make your research well my man.That name does not sell and that’s why all his businesses collapsed in such a short while.

jman

U are in sane and u need ur doctor to help u out u son of a donkey ..

Igbakigba

easy.i do not discourse about d dead but but i must tell u in any business success,there is a cheat,someone is a victim.

hausa yoruba muslim

I think ppl like you are not human….you definetely an animal….here we talking abt dead person and you saying non sense….you dis infidels….fuck you

Akeula Taiwo

You are not a Nigerian in the real sense of it. You are a disgrace to all well-meaning sons and daughters of this great nation. You are so hateful! May God guide you aright.

Then, he must have been a spoilt child devoid of moral home training. We don’t need the likes of such children on a forum of matured Nigerians such as this. Let him rather go and play in amusement park with his mates.

olubunmi

Olopa, e wo nt’epe?

TUNDE

who is Abiola, a master planner of coups, thieve. go and make ur research well you will know abiola is

Akeula Taiwo

Then tell us the outcome of your own research about who Abiola really was. You are all just a bunch of hypocrites and libellous ingrates.

chanti

u always boil..again protect ur indocrinated brother

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DEAR LEKAN
AS AN OLD FRIEND OF YINKA ADEYEMI (KUDI, YOUR MUM)
I WANT YOU TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING,
1. YINKA NEVER WANTED MKO’S INVOLVELMENT IN POLITICS
SHE
DID NOT APPROVE HIS INITIAL ATTEMPTS BECAUSE AS SHE PUT IT, MKO SHOULD
NEVER GO AGAINST THE ADVICE OF TRUE PROPHETS SUCH AS ….. ALHADJI
ALIMI, ALFA ALAYA EVEN REV.OLABAYO YAHWEH, THE CHRISTIAN PROPHET
2. ONLY MKO AND HIS /ALFAS COULD TELL WHY SHE SUDDENLY SUPPORTED HIM -THE SUPPORT THAT COST HER HER LIFE
MANY OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS- ALHADJA KUDI ALAO AKA BASHORUN, TITI AT COTONOU WOULD CONFIRM THE SUPPORT WAS NOT OF HER VOLITION
YINKA NEVER FAULTED TRUE PROPHETS
3.
YINKA
WOULD NOT APPROVE OF ANY OF HER CHILDREN’S INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS- I
KNOW THOSE WHO OUGHT TO HAVE HELPED YOU IN OGUN STATE- DISAPPONITED YOU
AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN YOU RAN FOR THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY’S
SEAT
4.

THE YINKA I KNEW WOULD WANT YOU TO STAY IN BUSINESS, TRY TO RETRIEVE THE REAL DEBTS GOVERNMENT OWED YOUR PARENTS AND MOVE ON
5
CROWD ;
I
ONCE ADVISED HER TO FORGET THE NOISE AND RETURN TO HER OFFICEADDING
THAT ONE HAS TO HAVE A MORE FORMIDABLE ARMY TO CONFRONT A MILITARY TEAM
I
ALSO PREDICTED WHAT HAPPENED AT HER FLAT ON THE 10TH ANIVERSARY OF HER
ASSASSINATION WHEN I TOLD HER THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL DISAPPEAR AS
SOON AS SHE RAN OUT OF MONEY TO GIVE THEM
ONLY 4 PEOPLE WERE AT HER FLAT THAT DAY
LATE CHIEF LATEEF ADEGBITE ,ANOTHER OLD FRIEND FROM ILORIN A LADY FRIEND AND MY SELF

THAT IS NIGERIA FOR YOU
6
SHE KNEW SANI TOO WELL AND COULD TAKE CERTAIN CHANCES WITH HIM
BUT
SANI ,THE CLOSE FRIEND OF ONE OF HER GIRL FRIENDS, WAS NOT SAME AS
SANI HEAD OF A MILITARY JUNTA- I DID MY BEST TO EXPLAIN THAT MUCH TO HER
7.IBB-AND MKO
MOST PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE REAL MKO, WILL NOT TELL THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM ON ANY MATTER- NOT EVEN YOUR LATE MUM
BIODUN
.JAMIU YOUR BROTHER KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOUR MUM’S SUFFERING THAN YOU DO-
HE WAS WITH HER DURING THAT PERIOD OF POLITICKING E T C
IBB IS NOT AN EXCEPTION
IF
YOU ASSOCIATE CLOSELY WITH A MILITARY GOVT. AND BENEFIT FROM THEIR
MONOPOLISTIC/OLIGOPOLISTIC GRIP OF THE ECONOMY, YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON
TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE POWER FROM THE TEAM
THEY MAKE THE RULES , YOU MUST NOT STEP OUT OF LINE, IF YOU DO, THEY CUT YOU TO SIZE OR KILL YOU
TRY TO FIND OUT WHY THE THEN ALAKE, WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT JUNE 12 STRUGGLES AND GOT HIS ;PALACE BURNT
ASK RETIRED GENERAL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO TO HELP YOU- HE WILL GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT INTO WHY MKO GOT WHAT HE DID
GENERAL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO LED A TEAM OF YORUBA ELDERS/LEADERS OF THOUGHT AT THE TIME ESPECIALLY IN 1992
THEY PICKED A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY- WHO LIKE MKO WAS AN ALUMNUS OF BAPTIST BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT DID MKO DO ?
LET REV OLABAYO- YAHWEH SHARE HIS OPINION ON YOUR MUM , YOUR MUM AND DAD AND POLITICS
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED BUT RELIEVED
LET KUDI ALAO AKA BASHORUN GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT
I AM SURE THIS GOVERNMENT WILL COMPENSATE YOUR FAMILY IF YOU MAKE GENUINE EFFORTS AND HAVE VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS
YINKA ALWAYS TOLD ME IN YORUBA LANGUAGE:”DAPO , AKOOLE TI DURO, AKOOLE O SE PARO”- YOU CAN NOT CHANGE WHATWAS DESTINED
I WOULD ALWAYS ASK HER TO SHUT UP
WHEN SHE WAS ASSASSINATED
I AGREED WITH HER
HER EFFORTS WILL NEVER BE IN VAIN
THE GOOD LORD HAS GRANTED HER SOUL A PLACE IN HEAVEN- SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR OTHER SIBLINGS
DAPO SHOGBOLA
LAGOS, NIGERIA

JP

Ejo, kini bother yi so gan? Please go and sit down jare

paul

MKO is the most wicked man in Nigeria he only use the 1% profit he makes through his criminal deals to fund public PRO donations he made.

He invented 419 games and all that is bad in Nigeria today. ITT MONEY where is it. MKO my foot

ALLAH IS GREAT

Truly, u are entitle to your opinion and you will be judged accordingly. Let us assume that Abiola got all his wealth in dubious way as being speculated by his enemy and foes, but one thing that is certain about him is that, he is the only man in Nigeria that has shown love and care to common man on the street. I will give a true life story of one of the benefactors of this great man (MKO). This guy got admission into the University of Ife to study Mechanical Engineering and he has nothing to pursue his career. With determination to succeed, he picked his pen and write a letter to Abiola in the letter contains the details of the payment to be made. MKO, without knowing this man, write a Cheque to cover all the expenses detailed in the letter and send back to the sender. This man narrated the story after the demise of Abiola. This is the kind of MAN (MKO) we are talking about. It is rather unfortunate that you are unable to feel his impact. He is not just a man he is one of the greatest men to live in this universe. I pray that Almighty Allah to please, forgive him all his shortcomings and admit him into Aljanah Firdaus. I love this man with passion.

Tops

God does not forgive sins of people after death. He forgives sins of people who receives Christ as their Lord and savior before they die. All men are sinners before God irrespective of their good works. Salvation is a free gift for those who receives the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross of Calvary as the propitiation for their sins.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him SHOULD not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18.

Don’t gamble with your eternity. Accept Jesus today and he will change your life for good. All good works of men cannot earn salvation, but God has donated his son Jesus Christ as the sufficient holy sacrifice for the worlds salvation. All that is left is for you to believe and accept Him as your ticket and visa to heaven.

Akeula Taiwo

For God so love the world…..bla bla bla. Who said those words? Was he Jesus, God or John? Jesus only begotten son of God? What then about other previous sons? Adam in Luke 3:38; Jacob in Exodus 4:22; David in Psalm 2:7 and other sons in Genesis 6:1-2? Did Jesus tell you he came to die for you sins? Why then did he prayed again death in Mattew 26:39, Mark 14:36 and Luke 22:42? If Jesus is your Judge in the Last Day, why neither he nor the Holy Spirit did not know the time of the Last Hour (Mark 13:32)? You better believe in Oneness of Indivisible God for your salvation.

Akeula Taiwo

Jesus prayed against death to God to prevent the crucifixion in those biblical verses above. So, stop using this platform to hoodwink and derail people for your own selfishly religious interest. Nobody’s blood can save you other than your belief in One God, as Jesus preached in Mark 12:29, and your good deeds. Never say what Jesus did not say about himself and God.

Safari Man

‘God does not forgive sins of people of people after death’ even if you wash or soak in the blood of Jesus?

Akeula Taiwo

No forgiveness after death? From which part of the bible did you read such imaginary words? Give us your biblical evidence. But I know you will not bring any other proof than the biblical statement which says ‘after death, then it is judgement’. Does this specifically say no forgiveness after death? Is forgiveness the same thing as the judgement? You are all liars! God may forgive whoever He Wills before and after death. He is the Creator; He does whatever He Wills without being questioned.

Tope

Please go and read Revelation 20:12 you will be enlightened the more or read the whole of the book of revelation.

Bimbo

Does all this rambling sound meaningful to you? All men are sinners before god irrespective of their good works! Nonsense

Olayinka

If MKO was wicked,what about you?Saint? Your foot all covered with POP?You are a kid!!!!

Kunle

You ought to rot in ….. For that silly comment if yours

Olayinka

You are on your own!!!!Hatred will crush you.

olubunmi

How old were you before 1993? If you are less than say 17, then you only know Abiola by what you read in newspaper. You don’t know him. May be you are even bias because you heard he was a muslim and you are taken aback by recent happenings and in the muslim world and as regards to boko haram in our own territory. If this is true, I will advise that you research more and asked from people who are say 20 and above before 1993 to get who the man called MKO was. He was a muslim yet his contribution to christianity was better than christians. If you don’t know, Abiola was even a choir in the church at Ago Oko Baptist Church, Abeokuta and was a choir leader and still went to that church to sing before his death. He was better than nowadays Muslim and Christian.

Cheers.

pp

Guys i think everybody here is right, “MKO is this and that”, even the so called DANGOTE is also “this and that” but what matters most is the application of your fortunes to the common man.MKO was a good man to the commoner, Dangote is also a good man to the commoner, NO RICHES IS ACQUIRE WITH A CLEAN HAND. Only God can judge us. MKO is worthy of emulation. Lets learn to be realistic. “Donsterling” u better wake-up

The Moon

You must be a fool. I pray for you to experience what MKO experience. Try to think before writing rubbish like you just did. Stupid otito.

TUNDE

MR LEKAN DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR DADDY MKO ABIOLA WAS A MASTER PLANNER OF COUPS, EVERY BODY KNOWS IS THE THE ONE PLANNING COUPS, LET ME REMIND YOU OF KEN SAROWIWA’S MONEY THAT IBB KEPT IN HIS HAND WHICH HE DENIED, DO YOU REMEMBER ITT. MKO IS FUCKING WICKED MAN. THAT IS WHY IBB DID NOT GIVE HIM HIS MANDATE. HOW CAN NIGERIA CELEBRATE SUCH WICKED MAN?

jman

U are a bas tard and ur entirely family will never have any great man like MKO .. stu pid baboon

TUNDE

jman you so stupid, what do know about abiola, we all heard about how he dupe Gen Muritala Muhamed, let me remind you that IBB gave MKO contract what $12billion which he did not do, where is the money? that is the reason IBB cant give him his mandate. fuck June 12 Fuck MKO family. I hate him.

Olayinka

Hatred has taken over your life.you are doomed!!!!

Ego H

My dear Tunde, the only reason you hate this man so much is because your mother took you to him claiming he was your father and he rejected both of you motherfuckers! That why you are so bitter! Get a life moron

bornguilty

Lmao.. the comment so far just made my day.. Thanks everybody for your post..

Akeula Taiwo

You better direct your hatred towards your parents and your family. Abiola was a father to some persons. You don’t just hate other people’s parent while you honour your own. You are a lying falsehood monger!

stanley

@Jman, stop insulting people as it’s not good,every body has he/her opinion to me, it is our duty to correct people whom

Yemi(canada)

Tunde, even God forgives a sin of a man that repents you must agree with me. Even if Abiola sponsor any coup in the pass he has made the Ultimate sacrifice. With all due respect you should respect that….Abiola RIP

Akeula Taiwo

Why can’t you then sue Abiola’s family for the money he collected from your brother? Arrant nonsense! Many of you do not make use of your faculty of thinking to reason well.

Francis510

Mr Lekan I would advice you to face your own business and be hard working. I blame your father for dinning with northern evil doers. What happened to MKO is a big lesson to every body. Your father was a coup planner. He was used to set up Idiagbon just because of printing papers as we heard. We all see how the northerners gang up and killed MKO who was a muslim like them. This is one of the reason people do insult them. Mallam are wicked people and hypocrites. You see what they are doing to jonathan. Just take heart and pray.

Akeula Taiwo

You story tellers of all people are even the greatest hypocrites. You said in your comment that you heard some information, and upon which you hurriedly concluded that Abiola was a coup plotter, then are you such unintelligent to know not have concluded merely on what you heard or were told? I cherish history, but not kinds of cooked stories you people are fond of peddling about in the name of impressing the readers. But always bring written facts where we can go and research further. Not someone said or heard so and so facts. These are mere stories deviod of facts.

mike

sincere interview. sorry for your loss and trauma. May Allah grant him aljana firdaus. this interview had nothing to do with politics, this is someone who lost a father in unfortunate circumstances and a mother to assassins. Kindly watch your reactions and try to be civil

agbobu

JUNE 12 1993 ELECTION WAS A MASSIVE FRAUD TO FOOL AND DECIVE NIGERIANS, BUT IT BACKFIRED. THE PRINCIPAL PARTIES TO THE FRAUD WERE BABANGIDA AND M.K.O. ABIOLA. BABANGIDA WAS THE PERSON BEHIND MKO ABIOLA’S CANDIDACY, BABANGIDA FUNDED AND BACKED THE ELECTION, AS ABIOLA WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO FUND IT, NOT ONLY THAT THEN HE WAS TECHNICALLY BROKE, BUT THE SO CALLED MORE YOU LOOK THE LESS YOU SEE JUNE 12 ELECTION WAS DESIGNED BY THEM, FOR BABABGIDA TO CONTINUE HIS MILITARY RULE. IT WAS PLANNED FOR ABIOLA TO WIN AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY BABANGIDA FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, NOW THIS IS THE GAME, THE NORTH AND OTHERS IN THE JUNTA ABACHA ETC, WILL SAY OVER THEIR DEAD BODY, WILL THEY ALLOW A SOUTHERNER TO TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT. BABAGIDA WILL THEN STEP IN AND SAY THAT POLITIANS HAVE NOT LEARNT THEIR LESSONS AND THAT HE TRIED TO RETURN THE NATION TO CIVIL RULE. CAN BABANGIDA REFUTE THE FACT THAT HE GAVE A CHECK OF TEN MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING TO MKO ABIOLA TO KICK START THE ELECTION? CAN HE SAY THAT IN A MEETING OF WITH SOME LEADERS FROM THE NORTH AND SOME MILITARY LEADERS IN THE THEN JUNTA, ABACHA SAID AND I QUOTE ‘ IF YOU ALLOW POWER TO BE GIVEN TO MKO ABIOLA, I WILL SHOOT YOU AND ABIOLA BARAWO’ AFTER THE JUNE 12 ELECTION AND WHEN ABIOLA SAW THE REACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, HE MKO ABIOLA THOUGHT HE COULD EXLPLOIT IT AND THEN DECIDED TO BACK OUT ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN. IF MKO ABIOLA HAD THE GUTS AND REMAINED IN NIGERIA, TO ‘FIGHT’ THAT PLAN AND DID NOT TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA, HE COULD HAVE SUCCEEDED IN OUT SMARTING BABANGIGA. WHAT GOES AROUND THEY SAY COMES AROUND.

Akeula Taiwo

These are mere figments of your imagination. Where are your evidences? Have you ever been with either Babangida, Abiola, or Abacha himself, and they secretly narrated all their plots to you? So, what is bygone is bygone. Let us brush aside falsehood, fallacies and cooked-up stories to only hoodwink people in order for them to only see us as historically current folks. We don’t need all these apologetic stories now. Let us pray for the dead and move ahead.

Olayinka

Praying for the dead is your belief and faith.Nothing can be undone when one is dead,after death comes judgement.

Bjel

Peddling rumour and falsehood are part of your belief and faith. You will ruin in hellfire.

Olayinka

The key of hellfire is with you to know who will ruin there??Mr Ignoramus

Akeula Taiwo

That is the ignorance and misguidance that bible sold to you. Your bible may tell you such falsehood, but islam tells me to pray for my dead fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, as such prayers will profit them in the grave and hereafter. But, it must be a prayer from the pious son, daughter, brother and sisters. Because the prayers of habitually unrepentant sinners for either a pious or sinful dead person is nothing. So, there is no even need for you to pray for your dead father, mother, brother and sister as long as you remain a habitually unrepentant sinner who worships God’s creature beside One God. That is the greatest sin in the sight of God. Stay blessed.

Olayinka

Continue with your religious bigotry,trade of words and ignorance on the pages of Nigerian dailies.Your opinion will never count.

Olayinka

You have the rest of your life to pray for your dead father,mother,brother,sister,children and wives.Enough time and freedom for you.Ride on Taiwo,nobody will stop you!!!

Olayinka

Don’t get me wrong Taiwo am not and will never be against Abiola.I could see vividly you did not get the tone of my post about aljanah.I meant no prayer of anyone on earth about the dead is a passport to aljanah.After death,comes judgement.May Allah/God grant him aljanah,rest in peace,bossom of the lord and so on,are all irrelevant to the dead.Dont overflog the aljanah issue.Everybody will give account of their life to God on the judgement throne prayer or no prayer.Cheers

Akeula Taiwo

You are right! But what my Islam teaches me is that the good deeds that any righteous departed soul left behind, and beneficial to the people, will be continually credited into his/her book of deeds till the judgement day. Also, the prayers of the righteous offsprings will be credited continually till the day of judgement. These are undisputable facts in Islam.

Olayinka

Who is a righteous man? by your definition and belief?

Akeula Taiwo

Thank you, friend

olubunmi

Akeula this is where you and me differs. The fact that the Bible did not recommend prayer should not be given to the dead does not mean it is a falsehood. And the fact that it is a recommendation in the Qua-ran does not make it statutory or the truth.
I am speaking from logic. There is no relevance of prayer to the dead. So the Quaran cannot be right in that wise. Nevertheless, I do not condemn you or your faith but don’t always condemn others especially with the plagiarized book in your hand. ORUNMILA.

Akeula Taiwo

But you have insulted the Quran by calling it a plagiarized book. And you also pray for your dead beloved ones. May their souls rest in perfect peace or sleep on the bossom of the Lord are all forms of prayer.

Olayinka

They are condolences to the living not to the dead.While you are still alive is when prayers works.After death comes judgement.

Akeula Taiwo

I think I have answered this new condolence dimension as just a face-saving alibi. I asked you to show me from the bible where prayers upon the dead are condemned. We all know in both Bible and Quran that after death there will be judgement. This is because no one will face his/her true God’s final judgement until after death. This is a different fact from prayers upon the dead ones.

Olayinka

You only believe in what you want and wish Taiwo and you dont believe in the Bible and Holy Spirit-Jesus Christ,So i don’t have to do comparison analysis with you because you will never understand.

Akeula Taiwo

Who told you I don’t believe in Holy Spirit and Jesus? Infact, my belief in Jesus supercedes yours. But I disbelieve in some texts of the bible which contradict the doctrine of Oneness in the divinity of God.

olubunmi

Ore mi, Quaran is like my computer where I am typing this. Can I insult my computer? Never. The Quaran is a book like Physics, Economics or Chemistry book. But if you think I offend your faith (but not the Quaran o as I cannot offend it), it is not intentional and I am sorry. But that does not mean that book is not a photocopy of its source which is another book called the Bible.
You are a very intelligent person and I love to read articles from you. May your wisdom never grow wane. ORUNMILA

Akeula Taiwo

Ore mi atata. You are still insulting the Quran. It never copied any of its divine words from the Bible. Rather, it corrects the inconsistencies and misconceptions in the bible. But I forgive you. Stay blessed omo iya.

Abbas

If prayer doesn’t reach the dead why are u people (Christians) use to say may his soul rest in peace while burying your dead?

Olayinka

They are condolences to the living not to the dead.While you are still
alive is when prayers works.After death comes judgement

Akeula Taiwo

Condolences to the living? But a living person’s soul has not yet departed. Why then saying ‘the departed soul’ and ‘Ameen’ if it is just a condolence and not a prayer? And, please, can you show where in the bible that prayers for the dead is said to be condemned? It only says after deathh, then it is judgement. Bible never said don’t pray for the dead, or your prayer will not benefit them.

agbobu

ALL I SAID IS THE TRUTH, THE ONLY TRUTHNOTHING BUT THE ONLY TRUTH. TELL IBB TO SAY THAT WHAT I SAID ARE THE FIGMENTS OF MY IMMAGINATION. I BET YOU HE WILL NEVER EVER SAY, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE WILL BE OPENNING A CAN OF WORMS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU, PRAISE SINGERS AND HANGERS ON MUST LET BABANGIDA SPEAK FOR HIMSELF..

Bjel

It seems you know more than Babanggida that annulled the election. Somebody like you needs to be psychoanalyzed

igbo boy

Hausa people killed him because of presidency up-till today they are still killing more people for the same reason they cant rule us again

Tim

Tinubu mislead Abiola to his death. He will mislead the entire Yoruba nation to their political death in 2015.

worenwu

Abiola had many wives and many more children. How was growing up for you?

He only had four wives as a Muslim. The
ones outside were concubines and they were not inside the house.

MAZI OKOROBIDO

please stop pestering us about that june 12 non sense.

lakerz

If you are happy reading about june 12,look for the closer transformer and hug it or better still you can get yourself a 1st class ticket and go to hell…its just an advice,i no talk say make you vex oooo

ALLAH IS GREAT

You just have to learn how to leave with June 12 ghost, because, that is a day that religion bigotry and tribalism was defeated in Nigeria. It is day that Nigerian voted as one and i am just praying to Almighty Allah to give us another chance to have a day like it again. On that day religion bigot and ethnic propagandist failed woefully. It is a day you suppose to be looking up to. I have not witnessed a day like JUNE TWELVE (JUNE 12). God Bless our Nation. Thank you.

truthful

Tribalism was not defeated. Yorubas joined other Nigerians to vote Abiola because Abiola was the only Yoruba candidate in the election. You will not have that again. Yorubas are becoming more tribalistic by the day.

ITOR

A blessed day that Nigerians/Christians voted for a muslim muslim presidential ticket.

Ngozi

Mazi, you have no choice. June 12 is here to stay!!!!!! Anofia

abiodun johnson

Regarding MKO Abiola’s diversion of Yoruba votes to favor NPN and cost Awolowo to lose his bid for presidency, Chief Obafemi Awolowo once said to Abiola in Yoruba:

Moshood, for this act of yours, creating division of votes of the Yoruba by joining with NPN(a northern party, thereby taking away votes meant for UPN), you too shall smell the seat of power, but you will never get there.

……Chief Awolowo curse on Chief Abiola.

paul

The curse is still working upon his remaining families wciked generations.

And that is how it will work upon TINUBU AND AMEACHI generations when the times come.

Akeula Taiwo

Were you present when the statement was made by Awolowo? Or, in which of the national dailies was the statement reported? Who are your fellow living or dead witnesses? Please, we need only substantiated facts here. Because, the dead man cannot rise up to defend himself. So, we shall not welcome any rumour-monger and fallasy here again. But always bring your proof to convince us. Okay?

abiodun johnson

Yes, I heard it all over as a child growing up at the army barrack in Abeokuta, you must be deaf not to have known that.

No point pretending, I’m an Egba man, I’m from Abeokuta of Ake decent, I know of Abiola family and MKO himself more than you will ever know him unless you are blood related, MKO went to the same elementary school with my Dad in Abeokuta, let’s not open Pandora’s box online please.

I respect what June 12 stands for, but ………

Akeula Taiwo

You are ignorant! You said you heard it as a growing child in army barrack? Does that hear-say amounts to the reality? What gave you 100% confidence, as a child, that every word that your heard was the real truth? Has your father ever sat you down and narrated everything Abiola told him while in the same school? And how does that going to the same school with your dad concern or relate to 1993 election? Don’t be a liar, friend!

abiodun johnson

I’m not your friend, and I have no further discussion with you after this post, because I know you always defend anyone or anything Muslim, Abiola is a traitor period.

I did not see any character trait of Abiola that deserves being made a national hero, even those that said he was a generous man, go and ask them what Abiola did to their wives in exchange for that generosity, he’s a very loose man, a male whore not deserving any further accolades than already given, Awolowo puts a curse on him then and look at Abiola’s legacy now, name one existing Abiola’s legacy today and compare it to those of Chief Awolowo.

How did Shagari’s administration worked out for Nigeria? Didn’t Abiola smell the seat of power? Did he gets there? Have a nice day.

Abass

Okay Abiodun, as much as i hate to come down to your level, the Awolowos children and grandchildren are doing very fine ko? They are ministers and leaders ko? You are still living in the past! Get real

abiodun johnson

When I talked about legacy, I wasn’t referring to the success or lack thereof within the children of the two.

What I’m specifically referring to as legacy is what either of the two left behind to benefit humanity.

Where is Concord news paper and where is Tribune?

Do we still have free education throughout the southwest today and are your children enjoying it?

Is Cocoa house still one the top five tallest building in west Africa?

What about the first television station in Africa?

Please tell me one, and just one of any remaining Abiola legacy we enjoy today and I will give you four more of Awo’s legacy.

And thank you for coming down to my level.

Adedun

Abiola did what he did with his money. Awolowo used government funds. I guess all those estates that he acquired all over the south west were with his personal money right? Ode ni e. You’ve been brain washed. lets not wash our dirty linen. Because orisirisi go burst. Right down, is there peace in the Awolowo family before and after bro Wole? Go and do your home work.

Akeula Taiwo

You need to visit your doctor urgently, Johnson.

Sarah D

For you Nigerians , its always about somebody said, that one said……….. Lets invite at least 100 nigerians form different states that can testify to the goodness and change that this great man has brought to their lives. Compare it to your Dangotes, Adenugas. I mean personally impacted on directly, irrespective of religion and tribe. Just so you also know, MKO was the one of the biggest donors to St Leo’s Catholic Church Ikeja near his house. I dont know where that rascal heard he sank bibles. Beer parlour rumors.

Tim

Why is it that one person will always direct the Yorubas where to vote. Abiola “diverted” Yoruba votes for NPN and cost Awolowo to lose his bid for presidency. In 2003 OBJ ordered Yorubas to vote PDP and they obeyed sheepishly. In 2011, Tinubu directed all Yoruba legislators in the NASS to vote for Tambuwal against a Yoruba woman. Presently, Tinuba is MISleading the Yorubas to alliance with ‘a northern party’ Where is the self-acclaimed education and ‘sophistication’ of the Yorubas. Are the Yorubas the most educated in contempory Nigeria?

abiodun johnson

In any political atmosphere, there is always a leader that people generally gravitate towards for one reason or another, so it is not about sophistication or education, that is simply human nature.

As per Yoruba nature that you attacked, tell me ANY human ANYWHERE on planet that is not vulnerable to the political decision of his kinsman in a position of power and leadership when it comes to politics OR are you saying Azikwe, Ojukwu, Achebe or any prominent Igbo couldn’t divert or direct or influence Igbo votes? Are you saying the Emirs and Sultans in the north couldn’t direct or influence Hausa votes? Same question goes for every tribes and regions in the country, you always have one or more national leader that have the clout to influence votes.

It is called unity in politics, or speaking with one voice even after tooth fights and nail clutching before reaching that main decision.

If the Yoruba are so gullible, how come we have UPN/NPN political war in Yoruba land?

ezeakunneobiajunwa@gmail.com

The fact is that yorubas did not really love MKO as a person. What they really cared about was their yoruba mandate and opportunity, which was annulled.

Please, Rev Felix, this is not a forum for advertising your church prgramme. You cannot win the minds of wise people here but a few gullible minds. So, apply strict wisdom when looking for miracle-seekers. Okay? Good day Rev.!

akirika ala

you are a fool

alani anigilaje

I wanted all of us to remember that ILE NI IKU TI WA the death of ABIOLA COME FROM HOME, the day of election immediately after abiola voted for himself he went to one of AFENIFERE leader he met him at home sleeping he was now ask the person dint you know that today is my election day the man answer I forgot, he left to the second person home the same thing happen to abiola he also left to the third person home he met the person sleeping he was asking the person if he new that today is election day the third person said he forgot abiola answer that I am betray, that was the origin of the demised of abiola for those who cast aspersion on abiola this can happen to any family, may God forgive him of his shortcoming and grant him aljanat fridaus.

Dejandon

Wow.. this is new, can you provide your references please, it will help update our national discourse. Else can we concluded that you are starting a new line of rumour?

Olu

I have read the comments of many people on this page and I think we are really missing the point here. MKO definitely have his sins, like every human being who has ever walked the face of the earth, but that should not distract from the fact that the Military robbed us of an opportunity to start our democracy early and maybe we could have perfected our act of governance.

MKO symbolizes Nigeria’s struggle for self government, though, what we have now is anything but. No matter how much you hate on MKO, his place can never be erased in the history of Nigeria. No amount of wishful thinking can change that.

One of the problems with us as a people is that we do not have heroes that we can look up to and the few brave heroes who risked everything to fight for us are trampled upon and messed up by the same people they fought for. It is a shame really. MKO, may your soul continue to rest in peace. Nigeria will never forget you!

aby

Hmm 9ja republic in total mess.

akeebaba

Anyone NORTH MADE, they are going to destroy if you prove too smart for them. Look back from the time of SANGO to AJAKA, to SLA, to MKO and wait for the turn of TIN33U,and G3J.Such is life in Nigeria. If you love Nigeria too much, you will loose your life cheaply.

mukulu

A.baba, I agree with you. The North destroyed Abiola. IBB, Abacha, Abubakar and the major actors of northern extraction then whether powerful military men, religious elders (sultan and emirs ) ensured that Abiola was deceived, punished and killed. Our christian folks voted enmassly for a-muslim-muslim-ticket (Abiola and Tofa). Abiola was loved by majority of Nigerians except the few who felt threatened. I shake my head when I read about the lies people who do not know MKO write about him. Maybe they were not born when he was alive, too young when he was alive or too lazy to read more about him. His fame and generosity transcended Nigeria.

KLM

It is the Yorubas that betrayed Abiola. It is a Yoruba man that arranged for the killing of Kudirat.

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ALMIGHTYT ALLAH WILL NOT FORGIVE IBB AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HIM TO CANCEL JUNE 12 ELECTION.

Olayinka

You are the one that will tell Allah who to forgive and who not to forgive.Grow up!!!

Akeula Taiwo

Please, stop saying Allah will not forgive so and so. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful God. He forgives whom He Wills and punishes whom He Wills. Be a pious muslim. May God forgive us all.

Olayinka

Pious Muslim???How???

Akeula Taiwo

How? I know you will never see any muslim as pious and good in character for the rest of your life. To you, no good muslim but every muslim is evil. You shall come to know soonest.

Emmanuel Awoyele

Nigerians and their culture of celebrating criminals

Hadiza

Like your father the biggest theif shee?

blackpope

Before the end of 2014, 4 prominent leaders will die and that will be the sacrifice to keep nigeria as one.June 12 must stand as democrazy day in nigeria.

Alexandra

May the soul of MKO rest in perfect peace. He was a great man, a philantropist and a man of GOD.

You will forever be remembered by this nation.

TUNDE

Nigerians and their culture of celebrating criminals, why nigerians are so stupid, what do you people know about MKO, we all heard about how he
dupe Gen Muritala Muhamed, let me remind you that IBB gave MKO
contract what $12billion which he did not do, where is the money? that
is the reason IBB cant give him his mandate. fuck June 12 Fuck MKO
family. I hate him.

Dejandon

MKO will be remembered for a loooooong time to come as a Demoracy Martyr. But you Tunde, with your attitude, I doubt your name will go past your street.

Bashir Tofa, u said that those who talking about june 12 are the ppl who have nothing to do.

Do u see the cause of pains Abiola children are going tru. Since u said that the dearth of Abiola worth nothing may Almighty God remove u and ur wifes from this earth surface so that ur children will experience what Abiola family are pasing tru

My people, ps dont talk like pupupa, even if Abiola is a bad man. that is not issue, the issue on the ground is the man won the election why should babagida, abacha and co hausa who are born to rule did not allow Abiola to exercise the mandate given to him by majority of Nigerian population. If babagida can killed his best friend Abiola my political friends who are getting marry with hausa ppl, u are steeping on the wrong political path.If a lion did not spear a cow , then goat will be used for peper soup

Azi

before i forget, barhir tofa will tell nigerians the role he placed on annulment of the june 12 election. babagida , abacha and all who participated in the killing of Abiola shall never rest untill they pay for it. For u Lekan u can forgive babagida but i will not forgive him untill he see Abiola face to face for the final judgement. abacha met Abiola on the world beyond and sent ppl to beg abiola but angels could not allow the ppl abacha sent to see Abiola, so since abacha left this earth God created for mankind he never see peace so such condition is waiting for babagida and co. No matter what happened Abiola is a Hero -( capital H )

Magic

If you ask Fela who MKO was,you’ll know him better,but my take is that MKO won the most free and fairest election ever conducted anywhere in the world…de facto he was never a president,but de jury he was a president…the best gift should be declaring him winner of the 1993 election and any other thing can follow….

agbobu

CDID YOU KNOW THAT MKO GOT OVER ONE BILLION USA DOLLARS JOBS FROM BABANGIDA FOR THE PERIOD IBB WAS IN POWER? MKO GOT PAID NEARLY ALL THE MONEY BUT ABACHA BLUNTLY REFUSED TO PAY THE LAST INVOICE, BECAUSE ABACHA WAS NOT SATISFIED AND YOU KNOW THE UGLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IBB AND ABACHA AT THAT TIME. DO YOU KNOW THAT MKO AND IBB WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS AT THAT TIME AND BOTH MEN SING THE SAME TUNE AT ALL TIMES EVEN IN GORVERNANCE. GO CHECK THE RECORDS. I KNOW BOTH IBB AND ABACHA, ABACHA IS RELIABLE FRIEND AND PERSON AND IBB IS VERY UNRELIABLE FRIEND AND PERSON. IBB USES AND DUMPS ABACHA IS WITH YOU IN THICK AND THIN.

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AS AN OLD FRIEND OF YINKA ADEYEMI (KUDI, YOUR MUM)
I WANT YOU TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING,
1. YINKA NEVER WANTED MKO’S INVOLVELMENT IN POLITICS
SHE DID NOT APPROVE HIS INITIAL ATTEMPTS BECAUSE AS SHE PUT IT, MKO SHOULD NEVER GO AGAINST THE ADVICE OF TRUE PROPHETS SUCH AS ….. ALHADJI ALIMI, ALFA ALAYA EVEN REV.OLABAYO YAHWEH, THE CHRISTIAN PROPHET
2. ONLY MKO AND HIS /ALFAS COULD TELL WHY SHE SUDDENLY SUPPORTED HIM -THE SUPPORT THAT CAST HER HER LIFE
MANY OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS- ALHADJA KUDI ALAO AKA BASHORUN, TITI AT COTONOU WOULD CONFIRM THE SUPPORT WAS NOT OF HER VOLITION
YINKA NEVER FAULTED TRUE PROPHETS
3.
YINKA WOULD NOT APPROVE OF ANY OF HER CHILDREN’S INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS- I KNOW THOSE WHO OUGHT TO HAVE HELPED YOU IN OGUN STATE- DISAPPONITED YOU AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN YOU RAN FOR THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY’S SEAT
4.

THE YINKA I KNEW WOULD WANT YOU TO STAY IN BUSINESS, TRY TO RETRIEVE THE REAL DEBTS GOVERNMENT OWED YOUR PARENTS AND MOVE ON
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CROWD ;
I ONCE ADVISED HER TO FORGET THE NOISE AND RETURN TO HER OFFICEADDING THAT ONE HAS TO HAVE A MORE FORMIDABLE ARMT TO CONFRONT A MILITARY TEAM
I ALSO PREDICTED WHAT HAPPENED AT HER FLAT ON THE 10TH ANIVERSARY OF HER ASSASSINATION WHEN I TOLD HER THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL DISAPPEAR AS SOON AS SHE RAN OUT OF MONEY TO GIVE THEM
ONLY 4 PEOPLE WERE AT HER FLAT THAT DAY
LATE CHIEF LATEEF ADEGBITE, OLD FRIEND FROM ILORIN A LADY FRIEND AND MYSELF. THAT IS NIGERIA FOR YOU
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SHE KNEW SANI TOO WELL AND COULD TAKE CERTAIN CHANCES WITH HIM
BUT SANI ,THE CLOSE FRIEND OF ONE OF HER GIRL FRIENDS, WAS NOT SAME AS SANI HEAD OF A MILITARY JUNTA- I DID MY BEST TO EXPLAIN THAT MUCH TO HER
7.IBB-AND MKO
MOST PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE REAL MKO, WILL NOT TELL THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM ON ANY MATTER- NOT EVEN YOUR LATE MUM
BIODUN .JAMIU YOUR BROTHER KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOUR MUM’S SUFFERING THAN YOU DO- HE WASVWITH HER DURING THAT PERIOD OF POLITICKING E T C
IBB IS NOT AN EXCEPTION
IF YOU ASSOCIATE CLOSELY WITH A MILITARY GOVT. AND BENEFIT FROM THEIR MONOPOLISTIC/OLIGOPOLISTIC GRIP OF THE ECONOMY, YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE POWER FROM THE TEAM
THEY MAKE THE RULES , YOU MUST NOT STEP OUT OF LINE, IF YOU DO, THEY CUT YOU TO SIZE OR KILL YOU
TRY TO FIND OUT WHY THE THEN ALAKE, WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT JUNE 12 STRUGGLES AND GOT HIS ;PALACE BURNT
ASK RETIRED GENERAL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO TO HELP YOU- HE WILL GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT INTO WHY MKO GOT WHAT HE DID
GENERAL ADEYINKA ADEBAYO LED A TAEM OF YORUBA ELDERS/LEADERS OF THOUGHT AT THE TIME ESPECIALLY IN 1992
THEY PICKED A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY- WHO LIKE MKO WAS AN ALUMNUS OF BAPTIST BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT DID MKO DO ?
LET REV OLABAYO- YAHWEH SHARE HIS OPINION ON YOUR MUM , YOUR MUM AND DAD AND POLITICS
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED BUT RELIEVED
LET KUDI ALAO AKA BASHORUN GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT
I AM SURE THIS GOVERNMENT WILL COMPENSATE YOUR FAMILY IF YOU MAKE GENUINE EFFORTS AND HAVE VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTS
YINKA ALWAYS TOLD ME IN YORUBA LANGUAGE:”DAPO , AKOOLE TI DURO, AKOOLE O SE PARO”- YOU CAN NOT CHANGE WAS WAS DESTINED
I WOULD ALWAYS ASK HER TO SHUT UP
WHEN SHE WAS ASSASSINATED
I AGREED WITH HER
HER EFFORTS WILL NEVER BE IN VAIN
THE GOOD LORD HAS GRANTED HER SOUL A PLACE IN HEAVEN- SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR OTHER SIBLINGS
DAPO SHOGBOLA
LAGOS, NIGERIA

Mudi4life!

Been that you know so much why not arrange to meet him one on one than spilling these advice out on this forum,what on earth makes you feel he will read it ?

babafemi

Lekan, I’m so dissappointed that u are asking for conpensation. Its like a slap on the yorubas and all the people that sweated for june 12. MKO was the only person uptill today that WON election in Nigeria without rigging. Adekunle Fajuyi was remembered after 34yrs. Pls don’t mind pples comment

babafemi

Mr sholaholdings, God bless u sir

Sunday

Lekan go and sit down Nigerian are getting wiser than before, your father had paid for what he did and remember many innocent people died for that election did you know those father? ad i am sure the answer is no, remember Abiola was born the same way, the issue had gone forever UNILAG cannot be name after Abiola afterall your mother got Kudirat Abiola way so they should also look for another road for your father simple.

Wasiu Atanda

Hello to you all my fellow nigerians, i am so happy about the interview of my brother (Lekan) and may Allah continuing protecting you and place your both parent in a perfect bliss. Aminaa….

I would like to just express a little thing concerning Nigeria, although i was born and brought up from Ivory Coast but my spirit and body are both living in my country (Naija). I am really assuring you that very soon we shall start a riot in Nigeria and this would be well organised to the extend that all states from Nigeria will rise up for this motion and that would mark the end of all evil doers in our country.

I really do feel pity that a country so blessed with so many natural resources such as Petrol to just mention this, we have it abundantly and some fucking so call ministers, senators, president and idiot people are just sitting there sharing the money which it is also meant to be given to the citizen as their token for being the children of the nation. I once heard sotime ago that one of Obasanjo’s children embezzled a total some of 120, 000 0000 naira which that idiot claimed will use for the projet of our electricity and which never came to pass up to date. Let us do a little calculation imagine if this fund were to be shared among the citizen with each one getting a sum of 1million naira, i am sure that about 70 per cent would never cry for poverty again in the country. It is time for us to rise up and claim for our right, we have sitted a lot with our palm across our cheeks watching so dull, please we need to stand up and defend our rights, the goverment are infringing upon our right and this must be stop.

Nigeria should today be ranking among the best GDP in the world but because of those silly people in the government, corruption had already spoilt their entire lives and this need to be corrected immeadiately. I promise you very soon this riot will start and at the end we shall place someone good and whom we think could really arrange our country.

My dear Lekan, please never loose hope because the nation is with you especially we from Ivory Coast, can you speak french?

Majesty

I was one of those that queued and voted for Abiola. It was not that I preferred him, it was the better of the worst options. Abiola dined with the people that were stealing from the heritage of Nigerians but he should have used a long spoon. So when it was time, they used & dumped him. He got angry & they killed him. June 12 is not about Abiola, it is about the tragedy of a nation with great potentials but sadly has been ruled by people with no conscience. June 12 is about the thousands of lives that were lost in the struggle for freedom since october 1 1960. I love my country Nigeria but I am ashamed of all those that have stood in the corridors of power. Things have fallen apart and the center can no longer hold.

MKO WINE AND DINE WITH THE MILITARY , THET GAVE HIM THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT TO READ , STUDY EN DIGEST. AND NOW ABILOA WANTED TO JUP THE ROPE .
PSYCHOLOGICALLY SPEACKING . YOU CANT BE SOMEONE BOY AT A TIME . AND AT ANOTHER TIME WANT TO BE ID BOSS.. THAT WAS WHERE ABIOLA WAS SQUARE PLAYED ..

Bayo

MKO Abiola was a low life thug. He slept with his friends and families wife. ITT contract to run underground cable in Nigeria for 800 billion naira in the early 70 ties was never done. A low life scumbag with his buddies Babaginda are d root of d problem Nigerians are now leaving with. Jonathan d lazy president forget about d ITT contract the main source of Abiola wealth wants to name UNILAG for him inorder to win over d south west.

Tonychar

The issue surrounding June 12 cannot be concluded in few newspaper pages or in few interviews. It involved many powerful interests that me and you dont know. I heard that MKO gloated to Arthur Nzeribe that he (Abiola) will ”do without Igbos votes”. Then,,,Nzeribe said,,ok,,we will see. Then,,, ABN,,court cases, etc,,comes up. I dont know if that is truth. But what I understand is that annulment of June 12th is not only about IBB. Many powerful politicians (including Yoruba politicians) sabotaged MKO. So, I hope that we learn from past mistakes,,,but fight the fight we have on hand now,,,which is corruption and ineptitude in governments. People should learn to come out en masse to protest against corruption. Block all the roads, national assembly, states government offices,,etc,,,for months after months,,,and I assure you that government must listen. If politicians stop stealing hundreds of billions of Naira yearly, Nigerians will start enjoying their life. But freedom doesnt come easy. People must fight to get free from these criminals in governments!!!

bayo

where is my comments. u guys can not deal with d truth. u pulled it back because u all know is d truth about phony/Fraud MKO Abiola

Laide

Lekan, I think you are shameless. You claim your father had concubines and that he had only 4 wives. Well I think you are stupid. You call them concubines yet he bought them houses and married them? You cal them concubines yet he recognised them in his will? You call them concubines yet he asked your mother’s children and their own children to do the DNA? What makes you special exactly? Your mum is a home breaker as well because she knew your father was married before she went there. Why don’t you tell the world about your mother’s escapades before she died and stop fooling yourselves about democracy? Your mother died because she wanted to be first lady. Period. What makes you think that the children of the women who live in his house will be more successful than those who do not? What have you achieved with your life, Lekan? You cannot pay your rent, you keep looking for your father’s properties, you continue to look for politicians to help you because your father died. What kind of life are you living? Your brothers still live in your father’s house even though they are married. I am sure MKO will be ashamed of the so-called ‘inside’ children in his grave. What have you all achieved with your lives? Even the girls are married to irresponsible men yet they call some people outside children. Let’s see how far you will get and how far those you call the outside children will get. Nobody asked to be born and your comment just shows how vain you are. Alailojuti.

easyapproach

Abiola was a great man in life, and more greater in death and circumstances sorrounding his Death. We cannot all be love and admired by every souls. but the truth remained ,the man came on earth , the stage,saw and conqured. and then Exit.
His contemporary live a potential great nation, Nigeria, with promising opportunities he fought with great battle on the side of poor Nigerian and lost to an established trecherous members of the same elite club he belongs.
Abiola take it or leave it, A Great Nigeria.